by admin | Nov 18, 2024 | Day care centers
Originally Published By Cleveland Clinic | HealthEssentials You can help strengthen your child’s immune system by focusing on hand washing and staying up-to-date on their vaccines. It’s just a fact of life that kids are germy … and that groups of kids are bound to...
by admin | Nov 11, 2024 | Infection prevention
Originally Published by Fortune.com Walking pneumonia is what it sounds like, a form of pneumonia so seemingly mild that people with the bacterial illness are often up and about—and inadvertently spreading germs. As the disease continues to circulate nationwide this...
by admin | Nov 11, 2024 | Cold and flu
Originally Published by Health.com Cold and flu season may leave you wary about touching bus and subway poles, doorknobs, and even shaking a stranger’s hand. Flu germs typically live on surfaces for 24 to 48 hours, while cold viruses last several hours. Some...
by admin | Nov 4, 2024 | Cold and flu
Originally Published by VerywellHealth Cold season in the U.S. is typically fall and winter. It starts around late August and lasts into March or April.1 The virus group that causes most colds, rhinoviruses, is most active in these cooler months. As the weather warms...
by admin | Oct 28, 2024 | Infection prevention
Originally Published by CBS News Infections with the illness known as “walking pneumonia” or “white lung pneumonia” have been spreading at unusually high levels in young kids, emergency room data suggests, a year after a surge of such cases...
